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The problem with <select>s is that they're drawn by the OS, not the browser (i.e. textboxes). This is true for other things as well, like Java applets and Flash movies. What you can do is make the <select> invisible when another <div> is over it by setting its visibility property to "hidden", then showing it again when there is nothing over it.

It's a real pain because the <DIV>s in question are part of a menu system. As such the <SELECT>s are often only partially obscured. Also, I use a standard menu regardless of the page content, so it's impossible within the menu code to know what <SELECT>s to hide....

Is there a quick way of cycling around all od the elements on a page of a particular type? That way, when the user accesses the menu, I could have the function simply hide all the <SELECT>'s on the page!